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News & Tips: White Bass - Fishing Tip
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White Bass - Fishing Tip

White bass, unlike their striped, large- and smallmouth cousins, don’t just hit anything they can fit into their mouths. When the fight is over and the fish is caught, every bit of effort put into…
News & Tips: Bowhunting 101
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Bowhunting 101

Bowhunting is a straightforward process. You get close to your quarry by stealth or ambush, then you slip an arrow into its vitals before it ever realizes that you were there. After that, you recover…
News & Tips: Outdoor Survival Guide: 5 Everyday Items Repurposed for Survival...
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Outdoor Survival Guide: 5 Everyday Items Repurposed for Survival

With a little creativity, even the most mundane items can be used for other than their intended purposes -- and that even extends to uses for survival in the outdoors. Tip: Beginner Survival Skills:…
News & Tips: Deer Hunting Tips & Tricks: Scent Control...
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Deer Hunting Tips & Tricks: Scent Control

When considering tactics for harvesting mature bucks, the most vital area to focus on is scent control. The most important defense a whitetail deer has is its nose. You can beat the eyes with good…
News & Tips: Impact of Climate Change on Fishing
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Impact of Climate Change on Fishing

The ice caps are melting, the seas are rising and species are adapting and moving into new habitats. The warming world climate is having many consequences, including a change in the size of aquatic…
News & Tips: Bass Pro to Open New Sportsman's Center in Cary, NC...
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Bass Pro to Open New Sportsman's Center in Cary, NC

Bass Pro Shops to Open New Sportsman's Center in Cary (Raleigh), North Carolina Cary, N.C. — Bass Pro Shops, America’s most popular outdoor store, has reached agreement to locate a new store in…
News & Tips: 13 Steps to Tying the Adams Dry Fly
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13 Steps to Tying the Adams Dry Fly

In fly fishing, the Adams fly is easily one of the most recognizable dry flies ever conjured from a vice. Originally designed by Len Halladay of Michigan in 1922, the Adams is as effective on today's…
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Take a Kid Fishing

I love to take my wife, Chris, fishing. I really do, even though she out-fishes me most of the time. She’s won just about everything there was to win in Bass’n Gal competition, 10x Angler of the Year…
News & Tips: Winter Fishing Yields Big Spotted Bass...
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Winter Fishing Yields Big Spotted Bass

As the days get shorter and the nights longer, waters begin to cool down. One secret to enjoying productive winter fishing is to get in the tailraces below dams. This tactic works all across the…
News & Tips: Tis the Season for Sinking Christmas Trees in Your Local Fishing Hole...
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Tis the Season for Sinking Christmas Trees in Your Local Fishing Hole

“Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! By the way, could I please have your Christmas tree?” Christmas trees make great habitat for many species of fish, and besides, why let them go to waste after…
News & Tips: The TVA New Johnsonville Fossil Power Plant Water Outlet: An Unexpected Place to Catch Fish...
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The TVA New Johnsonville Fossil Power Plant Water Outlet: An Unexpected Place to Catch Fish

We all are guilty of overlooking a cove or inlet when we are blasting down the river or lake trying to get to what we think will be a honey hole with tons of bass. I have been guilty of this more…
News & Tips: Ice Fishing For Bass
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Ice Fishing For Bass

It’s winter here in Colorado, and soft-water fishing is over for the most part. Sure, you can find a lake that’s ice-free, but why fight it? Most people are concentrating on trout during this time of…